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Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, Ph.D. MIHM “I had the opportunity to attend the (Helping Hands) dementia training session recently and I have to say I was highly impressed. The session was run by Jayne who many of you may have come across. Her passion, professionalism and the knowledge was invaluable.” Dementia affects more than 500,000 people […]

In our search for interesting material to share with you on this website, we occasionally come across something which really makes us stop and think. It may be a newspaper article, a website or even a poem written by somebody who has the ability to cut through all of the noise which surrounds care.  In […]

Recognising the key role that Dementia Café’s around the country play in supporting those with Dementia and Alzheimer’s, we decided to raise funds for our local café based in Alcester. By holding a dress down day as well as a cake sale we were able to raise a total of £250.00, which was presented to […]

We saw a letter this morning from a lady whose father we supported during the last stages of Dementia and have had her permission to share it with you. This really is the difference the right support can make. I wanted to thank you for your assistance and how much we appreciated the work of […]

Alcester Dementia Cafe was officially inaugurated today by the Mayor of Alcester, Lennox Cumberbatch.  This is the first initiative of its type in our home town and it gives local people with dementia and their families a place to go for support, a cup of coffee and the opportunity to talk with volunteers who have […]

Imagine an entire city of people with dementia. Sound like a movie? Well it’s not. It’s the United Kingdom in ten years time, when it is predicted that one million people – equivalent to the population of a city the size of Birmingham – will be living with dementia. Perhaps even more startling is the […]

A leading health expert Professor Peter Piot is calling Dementia a global health bomb, comparing the disease to the AIDS epidemic. The misconception is that dementia is a normal part of aging and that there is nothing that can be done to slow the disease. This is not the case. One person is diagnosed with […]

The current biopic about the life of Margaret Thatcher – The Iron Lady – has received mixed reviews from movie critics and politicians alike; even Prime Minister David Cameron is said to have been uneasy over the film’s timing. This is not an opinion shared by Paul Burstow, Minister of State for Care Services who […]

16 December 2011 Dementia. We care The first ever National Audit of Dementia has found that NHS patients are suffering at the hands under trained hospital staff which are failing to treat them as individuals. According to the report care often lacks basic human kindness and is regularly delivered in an impersonal manner by nursing […]

A European study recently revealed that brain disorders cost Europe €800 billion each year, but the social cost is perhaps even greater than the economic one. Anybody who has ever watched a loved one living with chronic dementia can testify that it is a terrifying disorder which can take the person you love and transform […]